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On New Year’s, pope calls for real commitment to respect human life

Marking the feast of Mary, Mother of God, and the start of 2025, Pope Francis renewed his appeal for a “firm commitment” to respect all human life worldwide.

• Jesus is the path and destination for Jubilee pilgrims, pope says

  

  By JUSTIN McLELLAN, OSV News
  Published December 19, 2024

  Pope Francis called on Catholics to focus their Holy Year 2025 pilgrimages on Jesus Christ, who is both the path and destination for Christian hope.

• 10 things to know about Jubilee 2025, the Holy Year

  

  By MARIA WIERING, OSV News
  Published December 18, 2024

  The theme of the Holy Year is “Pilgrims of Hope.” The papal bull that introduced the Jubilee Year is titled “Spes Non Confundit,” or “Hope does not disappoint,” drawn from Romans 5:5.

• New cardinals from 17 nations are called to build unity, pope says 

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 11, 2024

  Becoming a cardinal is an insistent call to put Jesus at the center of one’s life, to love the poor as he did and to strengthen the bonds of unity within the church, Pope Francis said as he created 21 new cardinals.